Wayne County, Michigan

Founding: 1815 (declared in 1796)
Parent county: Unorganized territory

Namesake: Anthony Wayne, Continental Army general
Seat: Detroit (1815–)

Land area: 612 square miles

Population (2020): 1,793,561

Population (historic): 2,227 (1810); 24,173 (1840); 119,068 (1870); 348,793 (1900); 1,888,946 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1810–1960

Subdivisions: 34 cities; nine townships

Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 168,924 (20.7%)
Pre-1940 housing survival rate: 30%
Pre-1860 housing survival rate (1940): 18.5%

Farm housing in disrepair (1950): 8.4%

Nonfarm housing in disrepair (1950): 3.7%
Average farmhouse value (1930): $2,663
Average outbuilding value (1930): $2,178

Average farmhouse size (1940): 5.8 rooms
Number of farms (1920): 3,858
Average farm size (1920): 55.3 acres
Sources of settlement: New York, Germany, Ireland, and Canada

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Detroit

Namesake: The Detroit River

Founding: 1701 (founding); 1803 (post office); 1806 (incorporation)

Population (2020): 639,111

Population (historic): 1,422 (1820); 9,102 (1840); 79,577 (1870); 285,704 (1900); 1,568,662 (1930)

Periods of population growth: pre-1820–1950
Pre-1940 residences (estimated): 122,015 (33.6%)

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Outstanding Buildings

1. Charles Miller House (c. 1875). 23407 Woodruff Road. Brownstown. Italianate.
2. Canton Center School (1884). 1150 South Canton Center Road. Canton. Italianate.
3. Philip Dingledey House (1881). 1638 North Haggerty Road. Canton. Italianate/Gothic Revival. Razed.
4. Ephraim Truesdell House (1888). 1224 South Haggerty Road. Canton. Eastlake.
5. Thomas Bartlett House (c. 1840/1880). 500 North Ridge Road. Canton. Italianate.
6. Cherry Hill Methodist Church (1882). 321 South Ridge Road. Canton. Gothic Revival.
7. Reuben Huston House (c. 1870). 600 South Ridge Road. Canton. Italianate.
8. Alfred Moore House (c. 1840). 50385 Warren Road. Canton. Greek Revival. Razed.
9. St. James Episcopal Church (1867). 25150 East River Road. Grosse Ile. Gothic Revival.
10. Samuel Douglas House (1859). 24532 East River Road. Grosse Ile. Gothic Revival.
11. Frederick Anderson House (1881). 24740 East River Road. Grosse Ile. Swiss Revival.
12. Anthony Dudgeon House (1859). 24808 East River Road. Grosse Ile. Gothic Revival.
13. Samuel Lewis House (1859). 24850 East River Road. Grosse Ile. Gothic Revival.
14. William Buck House (1849). 16109 East Jefferson Avenue. Grosse Pointe. Greek Revival.
15. Orson Everitt House (1899). 39040 7 Mile Road. Livonia. Queen Anne.
16. Joshua Simmons Farm (1841). 37701 8 Mile Road. Livonia. Greek Revival/Gothic Revival.
17. Thomas Shaw House (1843). 38125 Baseline Road. Livonia. Greek Revival.
18. Nathan Kingsley House (1843). 38125 Baseline Road. Livonia. Greek Revival.
19. Alexander Blue House (c. 1860). 38125 Baseline Road. Livonia. Italianate.
20. Thayer School (c. 1885). 51370 6 Mile Road. Northville. Italianate.
21. Henry Root House (c. 1870). 49770 Ann Arbor Road. Plymouth. Italianate.

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